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Pearl Jam

Formed: 1990 in Seattle, WA
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Genre: Pop/Rock
Group Members: Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Matt Chamberlain, Stone Gossard, Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder
Biography: Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s. After Mother Love Bone's vocalist, Andrew Wood, overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing in Mike McCready on lead guitar ...Read full biography
Ten
Released: 1991
Label: EPIC
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Nirvana's Nevermind may have been the album that broke grunge and alternative rock into the mainstream, but there's no underestimating the role that Pearl Jam's Ten played in keeping them there. Nirvana's ...Read full review
Backspacer
Released: 2009
Label: Monkeywrench
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Pearl Jam made peace with their hard rock past on their eponymous eighth album, but its 2009 sequel, Backspacer, is where the group really gets back to basics, bringing in old cohort Brendan O'Brien to ...Read full review